Seat attachment for hammocks



(No Model.) i

1-. E. PALMER.

SEAT ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMOGKS.

No. 577,203. Patented Feb. 16,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

SEAT ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,203, dated February16, 1897. Application filed December 21, 1896. Serial No. 616,400. (Nomodel.)

To 61/ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Seat Attachments for Hammocks, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in seat attachments for hammocks,the object being to provide a frame which engages the hammock, the saidframe having bearings so located as to interrupt the natural curve ofthe hammock to form a seat, the foot end of the hammock being foldedback and secured by suitable means.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the seat attachmentand hammock in side elevation in the position which they assume whensupported.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the hammock and seat attachment; and Fig. 4 is anenlarged View of one of the bearings of the seat-attachment frame,showing one manner of securing one end of the folded-over end of thehammock-body.

The seat-attachment frame consists of a pair of side bars A A, which arespaced apart by cross bars or rungs a a. a The side bars A A and therungs a a a are so arranged that as the hammock-body is passed under therung a, over the rung a, and around the rung a its curve will beinterrupted to form a seat for the occupant of the hammock. The rungs a,a, and a serve as bearings for the said body portion.

The hammock-body is denoted by B, its head portion by b, audits foot endby b. The head portion of the hammock may be provided with a suitablepillow 12 if so desired. The foot portion of the hammock-body, afterbeing passed partially around the foot rung or bearing a is folded backand passed over the rung a between the said rung and the portion of thehammock-body which has already been passed over it. The foot portion orfolded-over end I) is then secured by suitable means. The means which Ihave shown in the accompanying drawings for securing the foot portion ofthe hammock against movement consist of retaining-hooks O, which aresecured to the cross-rung a in such a position as to engage the fabricof the turned-over end of the hammock-body.

The hammock body may be slid along through the frame to bring the frameand hammock-body into the desired relative positions, and theretaining-hooks C may then be caused to engage the folded-over end b oftion as to give the desired inclination to the back of the occupant.

' It is evident that slight changes may be resorted to in theconstruction and arrangement of the several parts without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is- The combination with a hammock, of a frame engagedtherewith, said frame having bearings so located as to interrupt thenatural curve of the hammock-body to form a seat, the said hammock-bodyafter passing around one of the said bearings being folded back andcaused to engage another bearing, means for securing the folded-over endof the hammock and suspension-cords engaging the frame for supporting itand the hammock, substantially as set forth.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, EDWARD VIEsER.

